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Rehearsal Rules Download
Check out this blog to get all the information on WHY "Be Respectful" is a bad rehearsal rule, and HOW to construct proper guidelines/rules. “BE RESPECTFUL” is a BAD REHEARSAL Rule! -
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You can purchase via PayPal or Credit Card and instantly receive a downloadable PDF of this product. Duplicate for your entire ensemble.My blog, The Best Ear-Training Exercise You Will Ever Use, provides a foundation of this exercise within an ensemble, in small groups, one-on-one, with beginners, and even with advanced singers.
Included with the purchase of this exercise is a more detailed explanation of the guidelines and variations for this incredible Aural Training Exercise. -
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Do you have officers who are ineffective and put their own needs in front of our group's needs. Are your officers lazy? Do they develop a bad case of senioritis? How do they behave during rehearsal? These 10 Steps will ensure your choral program runs successfully, year after year. Developing great officers creates continuity and stability. It also eases our burden and allows us to be more focused on teaching.Check out the corresponding blog post: Why Choir Elections Are a Bad Idea!
Additional resource: Choir Officer Application
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This 10 question choral midterm is the most effective way to measure the success of our students. This midterm will require no studying or preparation on the part of our students. It will, however, require some reflective thinking. Oh and one more important thing: This exam is NOT for your singers........it's for youIn taking this 10 Question Midterm, we must evaluate the progress of ALL OF OUR STUDENTS in ALL OF OUR CHOIRS; this includes the students in our select ensemble, beginner ensemble and any ensemble in between. How all students in our program are doing is the true assessment of how impactful we truly are as a teacher.
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This is a printable version of the blog, How to Voice Your Choir Quickly & Effectively. Print this out and if you are interested, download the Choir Voicing; Easy and Effective Spreadsheet in order to get a head start on preparing for accurate voicing. -
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Many performances could be way more successful if director's knew where to place their focus. Some details are more important than others. Many of us focus on the WRONG details at concert time. Failure to attend to these details leads to disengaged audiences. Read the blog below and download this free checklist. As a result of following these 17 things, you will ensure your concert is well-received! -
If you've made it past the interview round, there's a good chance you may be asked to give a choir demo lesson.Download our complimentary 9-page handout with 17 Choir Demo Lesson Tips!
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Singers must hold themselves accountable for their own rehearsal contribution. Included are 2 different self-assessments both as PDFs and as Editable Word Documents:- Self-Assessment for Daily Rehearsal Participation
- Self-Assessment for Rehearsal Participation - pre-concert
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The 10 Keys to Eliminate SENIORITIS for good in our Choral Program Senioritis can destroy a choir. When our supposed role models become lazy, unreliable, and defiant, our program suffers. Fortunately, this is something that is within our control! Believe it or not, we have created the ability for our students to act this way AND we have the ability to change their behavior. A change in culture will change senioritis. Download this free 3-page PDF that gives you the 10 Keys to Eliminate Senioritis permanently! -
Download the 12 Summer "Do Nows" to ensure you are PREPARED for the 1st Day of Rehearsal. -
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Receive both a PDF and Editable Document that you can customize for your ensemble When your students miss the concert, they should have a meaningful assignment in place of the performance. Students who miss for legitimate reasons should be able to receive full credit for completing this assignment, while students who missed for unexcused reasons should receive a penalty, but still earn most of their points back using this assignment. This 3-page assignment w for more information, read blog post: Your Singer MISSED the Concert......What do we do? -
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This INSTANTLY DOWNLOADABLE product provides both a PDF and a fully Customizable Word Document Choir Concert Self-Assessment. This tool can be used to prepare students for the concert and then get them to assess their participation. -
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This Sight-Singing Developmental Rubric will revolutionize the way you train your sight-singers. It presents the 6 prerequisites needed to become a successful sight-singer and tangible, step-by-step goals for improving these fundamental skills. The Sight-Singing Developmental Rubric BUNDLE (best value) - includes a DETAILED rubric for each of the 6 prerequisite skills along with dozens of 8 measure examples for the note and rhythm labeling rubrics. -
This resource aligns with the blog post,“BE RESPECTFUL” is a BAD REHEARSAL RULE! -
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DOWNLOAD ONCE AND PHOTOCOPY FOR ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS! It is important to give students the opportunity to productively express themselves. I have created an assignment for Valentine's Day that allows students to positively self-reflect upon their choral experience and think deeply into their both their choir connection and their connection within their music. -
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The ultimate self-assessment bundle: can be edited, photocopied, and some are digitized as well!
When singers hold themselves accountable for their own contribution, they are far more likely to improve! Included are 10 different self-assessments both as PDFs, Editable Documents, and Google Forms. Check description for more info. This covers rehearsals, sight-singing, part-learning, concerts, and so much more... -
Do you want an easy and efficient way to voice your choir? This product is downloadable as an excel form that is fully adaptable to your choir. Included is:- a fully editable sheet for Women & Men (separate)
- sample voicing sheets (actually recorded data with fake names) for both men and women to demonstrate how the digital form can be filled out.
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Your singers are not "tone deaf!"
Train your weakest singers to match-pitch and build their confidence! This Rubric is broken down into 5 tangible levels. *You will receive a 2-page PDF Rubric Eliminate that "tone deaf" myth with tangible steps! How To Teach Anyone To Match Pitch! - online course -
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Available for instant download! This simple, customizable spreadsheet could be used within a one-teacher choral program or shared between multiple teachers/feeder schools in order to prevent attrition between schools.. This simple, adaptable spreadsheet if used in google sheets will allow multiple teachers to communicate with one another in one place regarding potential continuing students. -
This form will give your students to point out musical issues & ask specific musical questions without ever stopping the flow of the rehearsal! -
The 4 Steps To Building A Successful Choral Program
Do you want to know the 4 steps you can take to build a successful program? These steps work when you are:- Looking to improve your current program
- Starting a program from scratch
- Rebuilding a program
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The best ear-training exercise just got better!
This 2-page hand-out will last your students 4 years! The first page consists of 18 major exercises. The second page consists of 18 relative minor exercises. We accept PayPal or Credit Card. You will instantly receive a downloadable PDF of this product. You may duplicate for your ensemble or your private studio. -
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This rubric is intended to help: -vocal teachers & choral directors to better assess their soloists -soloists who are being guided by vocal teachers & choral directors Use these evaluative categories to gain the awareness of becoming a solid soloist. This rubric is intended to be positive and helpful. There is no fluff and total clarity in each specific category. Purchase via PayPal/Credit Card and instantly receive a downloadable PDF of this product that can be duplicated for all of your students. **The complete rubric is two pages long and scored out of 100 points (on screen version is just the first page of an early draft, intended to demonstrate it's simplicity and usefulness ) -
PDF and Editable WORD DOCUMENT is provided! - one purchase is for unlimited usage within your ensemble This is a detailed officer application that helps to ensure the correct students are chosen to be officers of your ensemble. The application requires the submission of a resume, cover letter, evaluation of their potential time commitment, skills/desires, and self-reflection on their previous performance within our choral program. Special Bonus: A "voting" ballot that will allow all students to give qualitative input about each candidateCheck out the corresponding blog post: Why Choir Elections Are a Bad Idea!
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This evaluation allows students to watch a video of a choir and assess the following aspects of music-making. This rubric can be used as a lesson plan for a sub, group learning, or as a homework assignment. It is a valuable teaching tool, especially when a teacher uses this first as part of a lesson. Purchase via PayPal/Credit Card and instantly receive a downloadable PDF of this product that can be duplicated for your entire ensemble. -
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When you are being observed, here is a solid lesson plan structure. Download this free lesson plan and edit it to your liking! -
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When you are being observed, here is a solid lesson plan structure. Download this free lesson plan and edit it to your liking! -
DOWNLOAD INSTANTLY AS BOTH PDF AND EDITABLE WORD DOCUMENT (change the guidelines to suit your ensemble) This One-Page Consequence form is intended to:- Make it easy to follow-through with consequences
- Make consequences fair and consistent
- Improve student's behavior
- Involve parents when necessary
- Create minimal work and time for the teacher and/or administrators
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THIS PRODUCT COMES AS PDF AND EDITABLE DOCUMENT
The straight-up choir officer election is a popularity contest, and a waste of many rehearsals. A balloted officer election is more effective but still very flawed. Here’s a different approach: have a qualitative election ballot. Here are the two main goals- This ballot is constructed in a way that provides important student input
- We gain the appropriate student input to determine the best choices in officers
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This is my most recent choir handbook in editable form. Here is what is included: -an editable copy of my Handbook in Microsoft Word with commentary for your personalized changes -a copy of the Behavior Re-direction form that is listed in the handbook. This is what you can give to students who don't follow your rules/guidelines. (also sold separately) -a list of 20+ Guidelines (Rules) to choose from - all of which are concise, clear, and worded positively. -copy of my 2018-2019 Treble Choir Handbook as a PDF Please read: How to Write A Choir Handbook; Everything you need to know! https://www.choralclarity.com/how-to-write-a-choir-handbook-everything-you-need-to-know/ -
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DOWNLOAD INSTANTLY AS BOTH PDF AND EDITABLE WORD DOCUMENT (change the guidelines to suit your ensemble)School Consequences for Behavior - an alternative approach!
The biggest problem even seasoned teachers face revolves around handling behavior.
Do you want to Redirect students who aren't following your Guidelines without impacting your schedule?
This one-page Re-Direction Form will help students who aren't following your Guidelines!
School Consequences for Behavior - an alternative approach!
This one-page form is intended to:- Make it easy to follow-through with a system to Re-direct student behavior that doesn't meet your rehearsal guidelines
- Re-direct students in a fair and consistent way
- Improve student's behavior
- Involve parents when necessary
- Create minimal work and time for the teacher and/or administrators
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Singing a scale is not an "all or nothing" skill.
An in-tune skill is essential for students to sing in-tune, hold their vocal parts, and learn how to sight-singing. This Rubric is broken down into 5 tangible Levels (which are steps for growth). *You will receive a 2-page PDF Rubric for immediate download. This rubric is a positive tool to encourage singers with 5 Levels for success! -
Use this sheet to keep track of when students leave your room. Students must write their name, time out, time in, and circle the reason. This sheet is also fully editable! -
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YOUR SINGERS ARE NOT TONE-DEAF or HELPLESS! Use this product to teach all singers.
What you are receiving in this packageA. Matching Pitch Rubric - a 5 Step Rubric for evaluating and developing growth in each singer; as a result of this rubric, every singer will learn to match pitch and be prepared for the other rubrics.
B. Scale Rubric - a 5 step Rubric for assessing and developing growth in each singer. Singing a scale in tune is not all or nothing; by using the tool, your singers will truly understand how to sing perfectly in tune.
C. Singing alternating solfege patterns of "Do, Mi, Sol" and "Do, Re, Mi" - a 5 step Rubric for assessing and developing growth in each singer. It is surprising how many singers cannot differentiate step-wise motion from skipping. As a result, there are unable to vocally differentiate these foundational sounds.
D. The Aural Training Sheet - the one-page tool that culminates the first three skills together and you can use every day, year after year. This best-selling sheet will build confidence in your singers.
E. Aural Training Sheet Rubric - a 5 step Rubric for assessing developing growth in each singer. Your singers will growth exponentially from the aural training sheet. As a result of this rubric, you and your singers will see clear and tangible steps for improvement.
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Here's the tone deaf test that you can give your singer to find out if the are "tone-deaf". When your singers are watching the video and taking the quiz, give them the blank answer sheet. I've also included an answer key for you. For more information, check out: HOW TO TEACH ANYONE TO MATCH PITCH! - online course for choral directors and voice teachers
